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Multiple agencies continued to search the water just after noon using boats and aircraft.
Credit: KFMB Published: 11:15 AM PDT May 2, 2021 Updated: 12:42 PM PDT May 2, 2021
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. Emergency crews from multiple agencies responded to the scene of an overturned boat off Point Loma near Cabrillo National Monument and at least two people on board have died, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
The incident was reported near 200 Catalina Blvd. around 10:15 a.m., according to the agency.
San Diego Fire-Rescue Department personnel, lifeguards, U.S. Coast Guard boats and aircraft and Customs and Border Protection air support were still in the area after noon Sunday searching for other possible victims.
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Two people died and more than 20 people were rescued from the water off of the coast of Point Loma after a vessel overturned Sunday afternoon, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
Dozens of rescue crews responded to the 200 block of Catalina Boulevard, near the Cabrillo National Monument, at about 10:30 a.m. for a report of an overturned boat, according to SDFD.
“There are people in the water, drowning, getting sucked out the rip current there,” he said, adding that the boat, described as a 40-foot cabin cruiser, had basically broken apart.
On Monday, after calling off a search for more potential victims, the U.S. Coast Guard updated its count to show 32 people had been accounted for, with 29 people found alive and three declared dead either at the scene or local hospitals. One person remained in critical condition.
The boat did not have a manifest so it was not at first clear everyone on board was accounted for, investigators said. “After careful consideration using the information from our on-scene crews, partner agency input and the magnitude of the response efforts, the Coast Guard suspended our search on Monday morning,” said Captain Timothy Barelli, the Sector San Diego commander.